ZBR Fest 2024 Early Birds tomorrow!

December 14, 2023 by David Norman

Woah nelly lots of news again. First off, the Gifts From Enola discography set is coming out in exactly one week. One box. Four cassettes. Over five hours of incredible music.

ZBR Fest 2024 early bird tickets + Wave 1 releases tomorrow! Be sure to snag cheap tickets and wear a chin-guard, cuz that jaw is gonna drop. You can access the site now, but no bands are listed and the tickets go live at 10am PST / 12pm CST / 1pm EST. Click on this text to go to said site.

Blind Girls fuckin’ flew yesterday, my god. No mages left. No nebs left. We’re down to just random color and we had way less of those to begin with than the nebs! I think we had 18 over two stores!!! Links to purchase on our bandcamp <3

Out Past the Rings #179 and Tomb Tree Family Tree TT005 is (I think) the last joint release between ZBR and Tomb Tree, the truly incredible ‘Believer’s Hit’ by Nerver! Watch CanaDave go skinface in this ridiculously wretched episode. Now my face is cold all the time. Goddammit. Listen/download/buy here!

Tyler (bass) from Llewelyn did a podcast with Edie of Middle Man Records! That EP is truly remarkable stuff for fans of Transistor Transistor, Unwound, The Catalyst, and Hot Snakes. We’ve got it digitally and for sale on tape by clicking on this text.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: SINEMA = Some incredible new throwback emo/post-hardcore in the vein of Saosin and Thursday. Yummy.

2023 - 12 - 12 /// Inosuke out, Blind Girls tomorrow!

December 12, 2023 by David Norman

Onewaymirror sold out in less than 12 hours, so that’s nice. Thanks y’all! A repress is highly likely.

Next up, ZBR Fest 2024 early bird tickets + Wave 1 releases this Friday. You are not fucking ready, holy shit.

Lastly, we had the digitals for Inosuke release yesterday along with 12” pre-orders that should be shipping by the end of January. Please jam that shit below! Buy links are located there also.

I’m on my knees praying to the mage gods, as the /25 Wax Mage variant of the ‘The Weight of Everything’ 12”LP second press by Blind Girls is beyond sensational. This is a co-release with No Funeral and Life Lair Regret Records. These go live on December 13th a little later than usual, 1pm PST / 3pm CST / 4pm EST. Our tapes our almost out! Canada+International here / Bandcamp copies here

Riversleem’s music video is officially on youtube and our 7”s are runnin’ low! Get one of the best EPs of 2023 and they’re only /100!

CanaDave had the legendary Gifts From Enola on his OMSB podcast. There’s some…uhhhhhhh…important info in there :) Go to the full post by clicking on the pic above or this text. If you wanna go straight to the podcast it’s below. More info soon!

Massa Nera showed up on Idioteq.com’s 10 Extremely Vulnerable Post-Hardcore Albums Not To Miss. They also released Derramar | Querer | Borrar’s remixes which you can check out here. Hopefully we see them this summer :)

Beats Per Minute released their Top Songs of 2023 and our very own Olth showed up there. Obviously. Click the pic above or this text for the full list.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CAPSULE = Would you look at that…new Capsule, aka the gods of mathy screamo.

These go live at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST!!!

2023 - 12 - 09 /// Onewaymirror 12"s in one hour, Inosuke in 48 hours

December 09, 2023 by David Norman

Onewaymirror 12”s go up for sale in just one hour, 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST with BSDJ’s copies going up later today. There are only 200 copies so be sure to snag one immediately…we only have around 40! The vinyl links will become active at the bottom of the bandcamp page embedded below.

Inosuke’s debut 12” LP releases on Monday! We’ll have the digitals out as well as a rare vinyl pre-order. The tests were approved back in mid-November so we should have them in January. There’s 125 Galaxy and 125 3-Color Smash. We don’t like doing mock-ups so just go with your heart. Jam a track below!

Behold, the nebula and random ‘The Weight of Everything’ 12”LP second press by Australia’s incredible Blind Girls. This is a co-release with No Funeral and Life Lair Regret Records. These go live on December 13th a little later than usual, 1pm PST / 3pm CST / 4pm EST. Mage pictures next!

Riversleem released their first ever music video through (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) for “Eating Teeth”. It’s a fucking wicked video and a helluva jam to boot. Click on the pic above or this text to get Sleemed, eh?

Carrion Spring got some much deserved love from Stereogum for their new/incredible EP ‘how it all falls away petal by petal’. Be sure to check out the review by clicking on this text or the pic above, and jam that amazing stuff below!

Operation X-Ray did another excellent radio show, this time starting off the screamo/skramz section with our very own Othiel and Carrion Spring!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LIVE LONGER BURN EVERYTHING = Awesome screamo/metallic hardcore hybrid that could have come out 20 years and been runnin’ the show!

2023 - 12 - 07 /// Carrion Spring + Blind Girls + Onewaymirror

December 07, 2023 by David Norman

First and foremost, ZBR Fest 2024 dates were announced, including May 3rd as the pre-show. Most of the slots are filled so we apologize if we have to pass on your/a friend’s band this year, but the good news is this thing is definitely gaining momentum yearly which is ridiculously gratifying.

Blind Girls ‘The Weight of Everything’ has been repressed by the wizards at Gotta Groove/Wax Mage, knocking out random color, nebulas, and the almighty wax mage. This is a co-release with No Funeral (they took the lead on this so hella props) and Life Lair Regret Records. These go live on December 13th a little later than usual, 1pm PST / 3pm CST / 4pm EST. Promo pic reveals coming soon!

Onewaymirror 12”s are in hand and go up for sale on December 9th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST with BSDJ’s copies going up later that day. There are only 200 copies so be sure to snag one immediately…we only have around 40!

Carrion Spring’s newest release is out! Nearly five years since their last, these four songs plus a cover will kick your ass and paint a beautiful portrait simultaneously. Tapes see the light of day on cassette via Tomb Tree in January! This also showed up in Brooklyn Vegan’s new songs out that day…check it out by clicking on this text!

Closet Witch continues to dominate 2023 with an incredible review from Everything Is Noise. Click on the pic above or this text to go there. New music video below!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: YOU MATTER Part III = Benefit comp!

2022 - 08 - 20 /// Letterbombs + In Wolves' Clothing 12" out!

August 20, 2022 by David Norman

Letterbombs + In Wolves’ Clothing split 12” is out in all its glory. Only 100 12”s pressed between the bands, ZBR, and Dingleberry.

Blind Girls also got the cassette treatment, as we are running low on those 12”s! Only 35 copies are available through ZBR, the rest through No Funeral.

Greed Worm now has tapes for ‘Hell Is Real’! Pick one up via the bandcamp links embedded below.

Out Past the Rings returns! Find out some info regarding the SeeYouSpaceCowboy and Secondgradeknifefight split 7” released back in early 2018.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: TO BE GENTLE = Woah this came out of nowhere and it’s incredible. New LP from Eve and company, with tapes coming soon from Tomb Tree!